3D Explore Direction 04 of 09

Almost spiritual. Quiet luxury at its most rigorous.

Calabasas Minimalist

Bone plaster. Diffused light. A single curve.

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The Direction

Bone plaster. Diffused light. A single curve.

Calabasas Minimalist takes the discipline of modernism further into the spiritual. Walls become monolithic in bone-toned hand-troweled plaster. Doors are hidden. Hardware vanishes. The furniture vocabulary reduces to one curve, one shape, one gesture per room. The light is always soft and diffused, as if filtered through linen. The result is a residence that reads as a meditation rather than a building.

Material Library

Signature Materials

Bone plaster

Hand-troweled in five coats, lime-rich, breathing.

Oatmeal boucle

Curved Pierre Augustin Rose-style seating in custom oatmeal.

Microcement floor

Continuous matte microcement, no grout lines, no joints.

Hidden steel

Flush window frames and concealed structure.

Hand-thrown ceramic

Oversized vessels as the only sculptural objects.

Rice paper

Noguchi-style paper lanterns providing diffused light.

Inside the Direction

Rooms We Compose

01

Great room with a single curved sofa and one paper lantern

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Kitchen with no visible hardware, hidden refrigeration, monolithic island

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Primary suite with continuous plaster and a low platform bed

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Garden as a Japanese-influenced extension of the interior

Best Suited For
The Client

Clients who collect art, meditate, and want their home to disappear so the practice can begin.

Where It Lives Well
  • Calabasas
  • Topanga
  • Aspen
  • Carmel
Considerations

Questions, Answered

Sterile is a brand of minimalism done badly. Calabasas Minimalist is warm — the plaster has texture, the boucle is plush, the light is golden. It feels less like an Apple Store and more like a Kyoto temple.
Custom millwork with push-to-open hinges, integrated handles, recessed pulls, and concealed slabs. Every door, drawer, and panel is engineered to vanish.
Very low. Lime plaster naturally resists mold and self-heals minor cracks. We re-burnish every 5–7 years to maintain depth.
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